Poster Image
$20
Item#: 2004SYR01
Purchase Details
11x17-inches, printed on heavy weight (100-pound) Hammermill cover paper. We package each print with a piece of chipboard in a clear plastic sleeve.
You also receive…
An information page with photos of the artist and poet, and hand-written comments from each.
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Poem Inspiration Location
The Blue Sky Ripples
poster information
Description
The blue sky ripples
and clouds stream by in the water
fountain reflections
For me, this haiku represents the interplay of movements between the sky and the fountain water. I always enjoy the simple pleasure of seeing water reflect the world around it. In this case, watching the reflections of clouds go by on a brilliant blue-sky day was like viewing a film. It was natural outdoor entertainment.
I've always been fond of light—how it renders objects translucent or transparent, and how it reflects off objects, especially water. So I thought this poem could lend itself to some beautiful artwork.
Much of my work, including illustration, has an emphasis on equilibrium and symmetry. So that's another reason I was fond of the poem: I saw the possibility of symmetry.
The illustration involved some luck, actually. When I visited Clinton Square, it was early in the morning, and the light hit the water in a certain way, so that it reflected the monument. I also went there later in the day and there was no reflection at all.